4.6

CVE-2005-4158: todd_miller sudo

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-4158
Published 11-12-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4158 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in todd_miller sudo. EPSS estimates a 1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits4reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DSA-946-2OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11413-1

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.08% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

4 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Sudo 1.6.x - Environment Variable Handling Security Bypass (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Sudo 1.6.x - Environment Variable Handling Security Bypass (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

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  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Sudo Perl 1.6.x - Environment Variable Handling Security Bypass

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • sudo< 1.6.8p12-1
Todd_miller1 product
  • sudo1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 1.5.9 | 1.6 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.3_p1 | 1.6.3_p2 | 1.6.3_p3 | 1.6.3_p4 | 1.6.3_p5 | 1.6.3_p6 | 1.6.3_p7 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.4_p1 | 1.6.4_p2 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.5_p1 | 1.6.5_p2 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.7_p5 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.8_p1 | 1.6.8_p5 | 1.6.8_p7 | 1.6.8_p8 | 1.6.8_p9

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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